Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, lTLOKIDA AND SOUTH
CAKOLINA PUTIN TYPE.
College Society's Badge Torn From
the Breast of "a Negro At Athens
Railroad Hands III In Walker County
With What is Believed to ne Small
Pox,

GEORGIA.
Hephzibah ia TO have a new Baptis
church.
The stock of the Cherokee Land and
improvement Company will soon be upor
The market.
The Cedartown Land Company has
propositions for the sale OF 10000 acres
under their control.
A new military company has been
organized at Madison under the name OF
the Madison Home Guards.
Two hands at Raccoon, Walker county,
Warren and Patty, who had recently ar
rived from Birmingham, were taken sick
it WAS thought with small pOX. They were
quarantined. Sunday DR.. Bryant sad
that he did not think they had smallpox.
A few nights ago, as one OF Gaines
ville's policemen was patrOlling the pub
lie square at a late hour. he discovered a
small animal, which he at rirst took to be
cat, passing little ahead of him. Ga
attempting to kick 1t it showed fight aud
seized the leg of his pants, which it shook
vigorously, With a well directed blow
Of his stick he killed il, and il proved to
be very large musk rat.
Application for charter has been made
by the Macon Improvement Company,
which has Just been formed In Macon
Those engaged in it are Messrs. W. o.
Ballaire and w. II. Brady, OF Detroit,
and Messrs. Elliott Estes. VI. Nussbaum,
r. +. Lawton, Thomas WiliinXham aud
r. W. Patterson, OF Macon. The capltal
stock is $50, 600. and the object is to carry
on an extensive business, all OF WAich
will be OF vast benefit to Macon.
Hawkinsyille Dispatch: r1e farmers
might as we'll make up their minds to be
troubled with caterp.llars unless they
can devise some plan by winch TO destroy
them, for the indications are that these
pests will appear this year in greater
numbers than ever. They have already
commenced to web up by the thousands
IN the trees alongside Of the cotton fields,
waiting for the plant to break through
the surface, when they will begin their
work of destruction.
A wealthy New Yorker. who has Wis
tied Amerlcus for several winters, has
expressed a determination to build
winter resort hotel that shall not be sur
passed in SIZE and beauty by any hotel
In TIE South. He will imme diately begin
negotiations for suitable location for
the hotel. and hopes to have the building
fully completed by the opening of next
season. The name of this gentleman is
Hon. A. Z. Rilpheul, and be is we'll
known on Wall street as a large aud dar-
ing operator.
TO encourage the culture of sugar cane
in Georgia, Judge &. J. Harris, Capt. j.
l.. Hardeman, Nessrs. Hardeman &
Davis and Capt. William Lee Ellis, have
made up special premium of $40 at the
next State lair for the best two dozen
stalks OF sugar cane. When the
premiums are awarded all the cane is 10
be the property OF these gentlemen for
distribution to the children OF the Blob
Orphan Home and other children of
charities. AS there are also other Special
premiums for sugar cane, itS@is quite
likely that there Will be a full exhibition
in this department.
AT the April session the grand jury OF
Aiken county, 5. C.. wilt make an az
tempt to tndict Policeman Stone, of Au.
gusta, for Kidnapping. He is the officer
who went into Aiken county and arrested
a forger named Black wood. whom he
took back to Augusta without either
warrant or requieition. the Carolina
papers claim that he did not show proper
respect to the laws of the State in SC
doing, and declare that he should be pun.
ished for it. Stone states that Blackwood
consented to go witt him, which Black
wood denies. The Carolina officials clam
Stone clearly violated the law, and seem
anxious TO punish him.
1t now transpires that there were sew
eral prominent gentlemen Interested in
the purchase of the Markham House al
Atlanta, aud the property has passed in.
20 the hands of a syndicate OF some OF
Atlanta's most prominent business men
Mr.. Silvey remains at their head, and is
stiil, it is understood, the principal own.
er. The other gentlemen Interested are
Messrs. Daniel OD0ugherty. of the firm
OF John Silvey Il Co.; John X. Granting,
president OF the Atlanta Loan and Bank.
ing company and senior member of the
firm of Granting. Spslding d Co.: II. ID.
Spaldng, OF Granting, spalding Il Co.,
and ID. n. Speer, president Of the EXposi.
ton cotton mills.
Ii is probable that In the very near
future a settlement will be effected in the
case OF the government against the CraW-
ford dIstillery. a gentleman who says
he knows whereof he speaks stated
Thursday that 1t will not be long before
the differences between the revenue de-
partment and this distillery are settled.
The first effort on the part of the owners
ofthe distillery to effect compromise was
in the shape OF an offer OF about Sl.75O.
This was refused by the authorities aC
ashington, and since then the offer has
been gradually increased until it is now
81, 500 aud costs, about 81, 700 in all. This
sum, it is stated, has been raised, and
within day or Two formal propositions
will be made 10 the proper officers.
\ Thursday as Marion Davis. Of Athens,
was walking down the street, he saw a
badge of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
on the lapel of Tom Cooks coat. Cook Is
q black, burly negro, and sported the
badge OF this prominent and influential
maternity in most conspicuous manner
Nj. Davis is not a member OF the Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity, but is a member
" the Phi Delta Theta Society, equally as
pfominent and respected in college cir
e1es. Knowing that any secret society
mar would take badge Of his own
ofier from any negro found wearing IL.
MT. Davis stopped Cook ana demanded
tie surrender Of the badge. Cook re-
fused to give 10 up, whereupOn Mr.. Davis
proceeded TO take it, and succeeded
In getting it from the negro, notwIth-
etandlng his resistance. The badge was
lost by a Mercer University student
named +. d. Warren, and the negro
claims to have found it. Warren's name
was engraved on the badge. The Alpha
Tau Omega badge is in the shape of a
Maltese cross aud is one of the handsom-
&st of college badges. The fraternity was
established fifteen or twenty years ago
DsAsthe Rev. Otis GlaZebrOOk, now OF
Elizabeth, y. j. In Virginia the fra
ternity is especially strong and is yearly
gaining strength in Georgia. College
students are jealous about their secret or.
CARNATIONS, and such an incident as the
unp mat nara All Ia nalpnIaiaJ Ill.